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Four sites along the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipeline were unexpectedly damaged off the coast of Denmark in the Baltic Sea in late September. Western defense officials suspect that this may have been the largest methane leak in history.
Preliminary analytics found traces of explosives on "foreign objects" that were found near the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, Swedish authorities confirmed on Friday. Chamber prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist suspects this was an act of sabotage but said the analytics work continues so that investigators can "draw safer conclusions about the incident."
The pipelines were built to carry natural gas from Russia to Europe. Because Moscow has continuously blocked gas supplies to the continent since its invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent fallout with European nations, some Western officials are blaming them for the attack.